The University of Michigan celebrated its bicentennial in 2017, making it the oldest institution of higher education in the state of Michigan and, in turn, witness to many social movements and milestones. Students have been the catalyst for much of the change on campus, particularly in advocating for the creation of spaces where their identities are valued and celebrated.
One of the foremost examples of such spaces at the University of Michigan is Housing’s multicultural lounge program, which has expanded to include 16 distinctive multicultural lounges since its launch in the early 1970s. More recently, Michigan Housing has embarked on their commitment to renovating all the multicultural lounges to keep them engaging and relevant for the changing student population.